Hacker Interviews – The AnonRising IRC collective

Today I’ll present you AnonRising IRC, a very active collective of hacktivist that participated in the major hacking campaigns.

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You and your AnonRising IRC team are talented hackers that have already participated in several hacking campaigns, could you tell me more about you?

We have participated in many operations list is below including a little bit about each op. OpISIS – The role we played in this was to stem them

OpISIS – The role we played in this was to stem them the flow of recruitment sites being set up by isis members to gain support around the world. We did this via DDoS over long periods of time so they were paying for a site that could not be reached.

OpWhales, OpKillingBay-EU, OpSeaWorld – For this op we provide network support via creating media and assisting in any way we can help as our planet’s sea life deserves saving.

OpAnonHQ – This operation was setup via AnonRising Squad members @freesecpower @N3mesiss @RisingSquad_ @AnonRisingSec. The aim of this operation was to make people aware of the amount of money AnonHQ.com are making from the “None Profit” collective Anonymous links to some of our media below.

Could you tell me which his your technical background and when you started hacking?

With us providing the AnonRising IRC network there are many users with varied skills thus allowing us to be diverse in the way we gather and exploit our targets. Anonymous has always been about the unity we are not all hackers and coders some are here to assist in language translation, Linux Os support, video editing more listed below.

SQLI, XXS, DDOS, XST, Python, C++, C, Perl, PHP, HTML, CSS, FLASH. As for when we started I would rather answer for the network and say that some of us have been around for a very long time. Others are here that are just learning but we feel it is important to share skills and knowledge both within and outside of the IRC network.

Which are your motivations?

Our greatest challenge at the moment is more an awareness operation in regards to AnonHQ and the profit they are making from the none profit collective some details are below and a video.

What was your greatest hacking challenge? Which was your latest hack? Can you describe me it?

Our latest attack via RisingSquad Team was on anonboards.com who also sell and profit from the name Anonymous. Again our goal here is to stem the cash flow to theses fake sites profiting from people who have been drawn in by their deceit to be the Anonymous headquarters and true voice of the collective. This is an ongoing operation. (We have no leaders & We do what we do for the people to get their voices heard. Most of us have daily jobs and families just like everyone else and do this for no financial gain.)

What are the 4 tools that cannot be missed in the hacker’s arsenal and why?

Must have tools ZenMap,SqlMap,Metasploit,Hydra Many more but as you asked for 4.

Which are the most interesting hacking communities on the web today, why?

As for communities we run a network called AnonRising so most of our time is spent here and social media platforms like twitter recommended people to follow would be. @YourAnonGlobal @YourAnonNews @h0t_p0ppy @AnonIntelGroup @AnonymousCenter @4n0nc47

Did you participate in hacking attacks against the IS propaganda online? When? How? Where do you find IS people to hack? How do you choose your targets?

Targets are brought up and discussed via groups we do not actively look for targets they normally present them selves via the news and world current affairs. As most no Anonymous support the people and try to make them aware of things most media miss represent or cover up just like the Anonymous collective are miss represented at times by the press.

We often hear about cyber weapons and cyber attacks against critical infrastructure. Do you believe it is real the risk of a major and lethal cyber attack against a critical infrastructure? Thanks a lot again, send me a picture to use as your avatar.

In this current world of technology running most critical infrastructure, I am afraid yes this is a reality and could be done unless people start paying attention to network security.

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Pierluigi Paganini is member of the ENISA (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security) Threat Landscape Stakeholder Group and Cyber G7 Group, he is also a Security Evangelist, Security Analyst and Freelance Writer.
Editor-in-Chief at "Cyber Defense Magazine", Pierluigi is a cyber security expert with over 20 years experience in the field, he is Certified Ethical Hacker at EC Council in London. The passion for writing and a strong belief that security is founded on sharing and awareness led Pierluigi to find the security blog "Security Affairs" recently named a Top National Security Resource for US.
Pierluigi is a member of the "The Hacker News" team and he is a writer for some major publications in the field such as Cyber War Zone, ICTTF, Infosec Island, Infosec Institute, The Hacker News Magazine and for many other Security magazines.
Author of the Books "The Deep Dark Web" and “Digital Virtual Currency and Bitcoin”.